COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Digital Research Library
Record
Title:
Jerónimos Monastery; Cloisters
Title:
Detail, second story with Plateresque style ornamentation by Juan de Castilho; zoomorphic and fantastical elements, a grasshopper
Alternate Title:
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos; Claustros
View:
Detail, second story with Plateresque style ornamentation by Juan de Castilho; zoomorphic and fantastical elements, a grasshopper
Creators:
Diogo Boitac (French architect, died ca. 1528); João de Castilho (Portuguese architect, ca. 1475-1552)
Date:
1502-ca. 1520 (creation)
Style/Period:
Late Gothic; Manueline; Plateresque
Location:
site: Belém (Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal)
Location Note:
Santa Maria de Belém
GPS:
+38.697778-9.206111
Culture:
Portuguese
Materials:
Lioz stone (limestone); glazed ceramic tiles
Work Types:
building divisions; rooms and spaces; religious building spaces; cloisters
Description:
Diogo Boitac worked on the Hieronymites Monastery cloisters between 1502 and 1516, with the columns and the outlying walls finished when he was called on other projects. He built the groin vaults with wide arches and windows with tracery resting on delicate mullions (Manueline style). Juan de Castilho finished the construction by giving the lower storey a classical overlay and building a more recessed upper storey. The construction of such a cloister was a novelty at the time. Castilho changed the original round columns of Boitac into rectangular ones, and embellished it with Plateresque-style ornamentation. Each wing consists of six bays with tracery vaults. The four inner bays rest on massive buttresses, forming broad arcades. The corner bays are linked by a diagonal arched construction and show the richly decorated corner pillars. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Classification:
Architecture and City Planning
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
1A2-P-L-JM-C-A36
MDID Identifier:
112069
Archivision Set:
Archivision Addition Module Fourteen
Measurements:
55 m (width) x 55 m (depth)
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